American politician (born 1948)
Jan. 6 committee members endorse ex-Capitol Police officer's House bid: He has reported raising colossal sums as he tries to break through a massive primary ...
axios.com/2024/02/22/schiff-thompson-endorse-harry-dunn-maryland-house
HAPPENING NOW: House Democratic leaders hold a news conference on the GOP plan to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-republicans-release-articles-impeachment-alejandro-mayorkas-border/story
Bennie Thompson says Jan. 6 hearings helped ‘pressure’ DOJ to bring case against Trump
thehill.com/homenews/house/4127211-bennie-thompson-says-jan-6-hearings-helped-pressure-doj/
CLEAR security incidents raise concerns from Congress: Two new security incidents involving CLEAR ratchet up concern from lawmakers about the company's ...
politico.com/news/2023/08/07/transpo-clear-tsa-00110124
House Dems sideline one of their own leaders in the fight over food stamps: After a quiet start, Democrats' task force on agriculture and nutrition has ...
politico.com/news/2023/07/30/house-dems-sideline-leader-fight-over-food-stamps-00108858
Democrats call for DHS inspector general to resign over deleted text messages: Two Democratic lawmakers are calling on the inspector general of the Department of ...
thehill.com/homenews/house/4041135-democrats-call-for-dhs-inspector-general-to-resign-over-deleted-text-messages/
Rep. Bennie Thompson warns release of Jan. 6 video could compromise Capitol security
npr.org/2023/02/22/1158805129/democrats-are-warning-against-the-release-of-jan-6-tapes-to-a-fox-news-host
Trump lawyer says Jan. 6 criminal referrals are ‘pretty much worthless’: A lawyer for former President Trump on Saturday dismissed the Jan. 6 committee’s ...
thehill.com/homenews/house/3787747-trump-lawyer-says-jan-6-criminal-referrals-are-pretty-much-worthless/
Jan. 6 chair ‘convinced’ DOJ will charge Trump: House Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said Monday he expects the Justice Department will ...
thehill.com/policy/national-security/3781024-jan-6-chair-convinced-doj-will-charge-trump/
Jan. 6 panel plans to release criminal referrals alongside final report: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will release ...
thehill.com/policy/national-security/3767554-jan-6-panel-plans-to-release-criminal-referrals-alongside-final-report/
Jan. 6 panel unveils criminal referral against Donald Trump and associates: While a criminal referral is mostly symbolic, it is a decisive end to a probe that ...
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Quick Glance: On January 6, a panel recommends criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.
- The committee also agreed to charge conservative lawyer John Eastman, who designed dubious legal procedures to keep Trump in power, with conspiracy to defraud the United States and impeding an official action, under the same charges as Trump.
- According to Hicks, Trump told her, "The only thing that matters is winning."
- Thompson stated after the hearing that the seditious conspiracy accusation is "something that the committee didn't come to agreement on."
- Kevin McCarthy of California, a Trump ally, opted not to participate after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected some of his appointments.
The Jan. 6 Committee Is Asking The Department Of Justice To Prosecute Donald Trump For His Role In The Insurrection
buzzfeednews.com/article/clarissajanlim/jan-6-committee-trump-criminal-charges-justice-department
Quick Glance: A committee on January 6 proposes criminal charges against Donald Trump.
- The proposal is mostly symbolic, with the US Justice Department determining whether or not to charge Mr Trump.
- Democrat Bennie Thompson, chair of the committee, said, "We have every confidence that the work of this committee will help provide the road map to justice."
- Ms Cheney noted that prosecutors are now assessing the ramifications of the behaviour highlighted in the committee's findings.
- According to Mr. Trump's lawyer, John Eastman, "A criminal 'referral' from a congressional committee is not binding on the Department of Justice and carries no more legal weight than a 'referral' from any American citizen."
Jan. 6 report concludes Trump provoked insurrectionists: The report by the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol provides a road ...
latimes.com/politics/story/2022-12-22/jan-6-committee-final-report-explained
Jan 6. panel expected to issue criminal referrals, chairman says: Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee ...
upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/12/06/Bennie-Thompson-Jan6-criminal-justice-department/1381670350707/
Quick Glance: January 6, Committee Will Refer Criminal Cases to DOJ
- Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) delivers opening remarks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol holds a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Thursday, October 13, 2022.
- As a consequence of their investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, the House Jan. 6 committee has decided to submit criminal referrals to the Justice Department.
- Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) informed reporters on Tuesday that the committee will issue criminal recommendations, but he did not specify who the referrals would be for or what criteria would be used.
Jan. 6 panel eyes new beginning with DOJ as partner in Trump probe: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is increasingly ...
thehill.com/homenews/house/3769061-jan-6-panels-eyes-new-beginning-with-doj-as-partner-in-trump-probe/
Trump Faces New Danger as Jan. 6 Committee Announces Criminal Referrals: The committee's decision ramps up pressure on the Justice Department to either prosecute ...
newsweek.com/trump-faces-new-danger-jan-6-committee-announces-criminal-referrals-1765124
Quick Glance: House panel will propose criminal prosecutions on January 6, chairman says
- A House subcommittee will provide evidence to the Justice Department alleging certain individuals, maybe including former President Donald Trump, committed federal crimes in an attempt to alter the results of the 2020 election.
- He refused to name the charges or subjects on which the panel would recommend prosecution.
- Criminal contempt of Congress, obstruction of justice, obstruction of an official government proceeding, and conspiracy are among the other possible charges.
- Last week, a jury found two leaders of the right-wing Oath Keepers group guilty of seditious conspiracy, as well as three other members on lesser charges.
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department as it wraps up its probe and ... Show more to.pbs.org/3hc6Cge
Jan. 6 panel reaches ‘general agreement’ on criminal referrals to DOJ: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has come to a ...
thehill.com/homenews/house/3763755-jan-6-panel-reaches-general-agreement-on-criminal-referrals-to-doj/
Jan. 6 committee will issue criminal referrals, chairman says as DOJ probe heats up
globalnews.ca/news/9329522/january-6-criminal-referrals-doj-committee/
Quick Glance: United States Department of Justice subpoenas Wisconsin county election officials for Trump communications
- McDonell served as clerk during the 2020 election and related recounts in Dane and Milwaukee counties, where Troupis attempted to throw out hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots in order to overturn Trump's loss in Wisconsin.
- The Trump campaign characterized Garland's choice of Smith as "a totally expected political stunt by a feckless, politicized, weaponized Biden Department of Justice."
- Troupis, a former Dane County circuit judge recruited by Trump's campaign to monitor recounts, got a document outlining the strategy on November 18, 2020.
- Troupis also supervised Trump's legal team, which was appointed in 2020 to oversee the county recounts.
A sigh of relief, then an odd sorrow about Jan. 6: Donald Trump may pay for his actions, but it won’t quickly erase the horrors he has unleashed.
bostonglobe.com/2022/12/20/opinion/sigh-relief-then-an-odd-sorrow-about-jan-6/
Jan. 6 committee’s referrals may ‘stiffen the spine’ of prosecutors: Plans from the House Jan. 6 committee to imminently release its list of criminal referrals ...
thehill.com/homenews/house/3765971-jan-6-committees-referrals-may-stiffen-the-spine-of-prosecutors/
House committee releases full report on Jan. 6 insurrection: The House select committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 ...
upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/12/22/house-committee-releases-full-report-jan-6-insurrection-investigation/5401671765186/
Garland reiterates DOJ's demand for all transcripts, evidence in House Jan. 6 probe
axios.com/2022/12/01/jan6-garland-house-committee-probe
Former head of Trump security detail meets with Jan. 6 committee: Bobby Engel, the head of former President Trump’s security detail on Jan. 6, 2021 ...
thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/3740657-former-head-of-trump-security-detail-meets-with-jan-6-committee/
January 6 committee to issue criminal referrals ahead of final report: The panel is expected to release its final report on the Capitol riot later this month.
metro.co.uk/2022/12/06/january-6-committee-to-issue-criminal-referrals-ahead-of-final-report-17890228/
Man charged for threatening to kill Biden, Bennie Thompson: prosecutors: Prosecutors on Wednesday said a federal grand jury indicted a Pennsylvania man for ...
thehill.com/policy/national-security/3696587-man-charged-for-threatening-to-kill-biden-bennie-thompson-prosecutors/
Congress probes Jackson water crisis as city and state spar: JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Congress is investigating the crisis that left 150,000 people in Mississippi's ...
apnews.com/article/health-mississippi-tate-reeves-jackson-bennie-thompson-82bb743f625f10aeed98584fb2357524
Jan. 6 Panel Lays Out Donald Trump's Secret Plan to Stay in Power: The Jan. 6 Committee is showing how Donald Trump was uniquely situated to stop the ...
thedailybeast.com/jan-6-panel-lays-out-final-case-that-central-cause-of-insurrection-was-one-man-donald-trump
Biden officials must probe DeSantis' migrant abuse: House Democrat: Rep. Bennie Thompson urges Justice Department and Homeland Security officials to stop Gov ...
businessinsider.com/biden-officials-must-probe-ron-desantis-migrant-abuse-2022-9
Quick Glance: Florida migrant flight funds went to a company affiliated with a DeSantis adviser
- So far, Keefe's connections to Vertol Systems provide the strongest explanation for why the state selected the firm.
- Matt Gaetz, who Keefe hired, previously represented Vertol Systems in two complaints filed in 2010.
- The contractor was ordered to pay $2,500 and to refrain from competing with Vertol Systems Company.)Keefe and Vertol Systems Company sued Dogwood Services, a Niceville lawn care company, in 2012.
- The judge ruled in favor of Vertol Systems.
The Jan. 6 Hearings Make Trump Look Guilty. But, Does It Matter?: Despite damning evidence against the former president of the United States ...
huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-hearings-trump-looks-guilty_n_6349a4b1e4b051268c499d69
The next Jan. 6 committee hearing is set. What have you missed?: The House Jan. 6 committee’s last hearing was over two months ago, delayed most recently by ...
latimes.com/politics/story/2022-10-12/next-jan-6-committee-previous-hearings-recap
Jan. 6 Panel Reschedules Final Hearing for October 13: The committee, whose work has mostly faded from view since it wrapped up a summertime series of hearings ...
nytimes.com/2022/10/06/us/politics/jan-6-committee-hearing.html
Committee chairs threaten DHS inspector general with subpoena over missing Secret Service texts
abcnews.go.com/Politics/committee-chairs-threaten-dhs-inspector-general-subpoena-missing/story
Top House Democrats accuse DHS inspector general of obstructing their investigations into missing Secret Service text messages
cnn.com/2022/08/16/politics/house-overisght-obstruction-dhs-inspector-general-secret-service-text-messages/
House Democrats demand Twitter respond to whistleblower allegations: House Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Rep ...
thehill.com/policy/technology/3615648-house-democrats-demand-twitter-respond-to-whistleblower-allegations/
Democrats threaten ‘alternate means’ to force DHS watchdog to cooperate in probe of deleted Jan. 6 texts
thehill.com/homenews/house/3604238-democrats-threaten-alternate-means-to-force-dhs-watchdog-to-cooperate-in-probe-of-deleted-jan-6-texts/
Democrats Seek Testimony on Secret Service Texts, Alleging Cover-Up: The leaders of two House committees told the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector ...
nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/politics/jan-6-secret-service-texts.html
Jan. 6 panel agrees to turn over 20 depositions to DOJ: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol expects to turn over 20 ...
thehill.com/policy/national-security/3579819-jan-6-panel-agrees-to-turn-over-20-depositions-to-doj/
January 6 committee intends to share 20 transcripts with the Justice Department: The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US ...
cnn.com/2022/07/28/politics/janaury-6-committee-justice-department-share-20-transcripts/
House Democrats say Trump-appointed watchdog is stonewalling inquiry into Secret Service texts
axios.com/2022/08/16/democrats-dhs-inspector-general
House Democrats call for a new inspector general in Secret Service text investigation
npr.org/2022/07/26/1113824089/secret-service-texts-investigation
Jan. 6 Committee Will Share 20 Transcripts With Justice Department: The Justice Department has faced criticism over its handling of the plot to overturn the 2020 ...
huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-committee-will-share-20-transcripts-with-justice-department_n_62e54050e4b0d0ea9b7774e7
Two leading House Democrats are requesting a government watchdog step away from an investigation into deleted text messages sent by the Secret Service ... Show more https://abcn.ws/3vodRWx
U.S. Homeland Security watchdog broke ethics rules in previous job, report says: U.S. Homeland Security Department Inspector General Joseph Cuffari ...
reuters.com/world/us/us-homeland-security-watchdog-broke-ethics-rules-previous-job-report-says-2022-08-04/
DHS watchdog halted efforts to obtain missing text messages from Secret Service, Trump officials
thehill.com/policy/national-security/3583218-dhs-watchdog-halted-efforts-to-obtain-missing-text-messages-from-secret-service-trump-officials/
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service for erased text messages: The committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said the committee understands the ...
pbs.org/newshour/politics/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-secret-service-for-erased-text-messages
Quick Glance: A panel on January 6 subpoenas the Secret Service for deleted text communications.
- On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security's watchdog accused the Secret Service of destroying text conversations after it requested them.
- According to the letter, the Secret Service informed the House Select Committee that text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021 had been wiped as part of a "device-replacement program."
- "The agency said the "pre-planned, three-month system move" resulted in some data loss," according to the letter.
- In response to the letter, Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said his agency took "strong issue with these categorically false claims."
Democrats say they have 'grave new concerns' over Secret Service texts: Top Democrats on the January 6 committee are expressing new concerns on a potential ...
businessinsider.com/bennie-thompson-democrats-concerns-probe-secret-service-texts-2022-8
Jan. 6 Panel Issues Subpoena to Secret Service in Hunt for Text Messages: The House committee is seeking messages that an inspector general for the Department of ...
nytimes.com/2022/07/16/us/secret-service-subpoena-jan-6-committee.html
Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Secret Service in Hunt for Deleted Texts: "The committee is absolutely determined to get to the bottom of this and to find all of the ...
commondreams.org/news/2022/07/16/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-secret-service-hunt-deleted-texts
Secret Service Text Messages Around Jan. 6 Were Erased, Inspector General Says: The disclosure drew concern from the House committee investigating the attack ...
nytimes.com/2022/07/14/us/politics/secret-service-text-messages-jan-6.html
Quick Glance: The Secret Service removed texts from January 5 and 6, 2021, after a watchdog requested them.
- "The USSS erased those text messages after OIG requested records of electronic communications from the USSS, as part of our evaluation of events at the Capitol on January 6," wrote Inspector General Joseph Cuffari.
- "The insinuation that the Secret Service maliciously deleted text messages following a request is false."
- "In fact, the Secret Service has been fully cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) in every respect – whether it be interviews, documents, emails, or texts," Guglielmi said Thursday night in a statement.
- A Secret Service agent from the United States stands outside the White House on August 10, 2020.
Jan. 6 Panel Issues Subpoena to Secret Service in Hunt for Text Messages: The House committee is seeking messages that an inspector general for the Department of ...
nytimes.com/2022/07/16/us/secret-service-subpoena-jan-6-committee.html
Quick Glance: 'Looks... Pretty Bad': Secret Service Erased January 6 Texts After Being Requested
- According to the Secret Service, the messages were deleted as "part of a device-replacement program."
- "What is going on with the Secret Service?"
- "What secrets might they be keeping in order to serve the former president?" he wondered.
- "I'm not getting in the car," Pence is said to have told Secret Service personnel on January 6.
- "People need to understand that if Pence had listened to the Secret Service and fled the Capitol, this could have turned out a whole lot worse," a legislative official who was not authorized to comment publicly told the site.
The Jan. 6 committee won't rule out more hearings this summer: Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson isn’t ruling out holding more public hearings this ...
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-committee-wont-rule-hearings-summer-rcna38105
Read: Top Democrats accuse DHS inspector general's office of Secret Service texts cover-up
axios.com/2022/08/02/democrats-dhs-inspector-general-secret-service-texts
First on CNN: DHS inspector general told Jan. 6 panel he went to Mayorkas about Secret Service cooperation
cnn.com/2022/07/15/politics/homeland-security-inspector-general-deleted-text-message/
Jan. 6 committee wants to reconstruct deleted Secret Service texts: The chairman of the Jan. 6 committee said the panel would try to get to the bottom of how ...
businessinsider.com/jan-6-committee-wants-to-reconstruct-deleted-secret-service-texts-2022-7
Jan. 6 Committee Chair Bennie Thompson says Pres. Trump "recklessly blazed a path of lawlessness and corruption...and then he stopped ... Show more https://abcn.ws/3PM3una
How the Jan 6 hearings became must-watch viewing: With Donald Trump as villain and slick presentation investigations mean things will never be same again ...
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/how-jan-6-hearings-became-mustwatch-viewing-b2128836.html
Quick Glance: Melania Trump claims she was "unaware" of the January 6 insurgency as it occurred.
- Melania Trump, the former first lady, revealed in a new Fox interview that she was "unaware" of the unfolding violence on January 6, 2021, because she was too occupied photographing a rug in the White House.
- Trump stated that it was her "duty" as first lady to archive the White House contents, which is not entirely correct.
- Trump claimed Grisham "failed to provide insight and information" on that particular day.
- Trump did not condemn the violence until five days after it occurred.
Jan. 6 panel will turn over evidence on fake electors to the Justice Department: The Justice Department has asked the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 ...
chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-capitol-riot-investigation-justice-department-20220714-wcttllv5wrhrromwie5s3ty5ey-story.html
Maloney, Thompson Demand DHS IG Comply With Probe Into Deleted Jan. 6 Texts: The House Democrats accused Joseph Cuffari of obstructing their committees' ...
commondreams.org/news/2022/08/16/maloney-thompson-demand-dhs-ig-comply-probe-deleted-jan-6-texts
January 6 Capitol Riot Committee Subpoenas Secret Service Over Missing Texts : The agency has to hand over the missing texts by Tuesday
voanews.com/a/january-6-capitol-riot-committee-subpoenas-secret-service-over-missing-texts-/6661358.html
Capitol riot hearings to stretch into July, chairman says: WASHINGTON (AP) — The House's Jan. 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as ...
apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-entertainment-donald-trump-bennie-thompson-congress-ab640f5cbca3c7d5cf126623404dbc66
Jan. 6 House Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson, in closing of today's hearing: "Up to this point, we've shown the inner workings of what was ... Show more https://abcn.ws/3NmwFLH
Jan. 6 committee delays hearing schedule until July: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is pressing pause on its hearings ...
thehill.com/homenews/3533018-jan-6-committee-delays-hearing-schedule-until-july/
January 6 committee division on criminal referrals surfaces long-simmering debate behind the scenes
cnn.com/2022/06/15/politics/jan-6-committee-divided-criminal-referrals-trump-justice-department/
WATCH: Rep. Bennie Thompson opens the House Jan. 6 Committee hearing:
"Thanks in part to Mike Pence, our democracy withstood Donald Trump's scheme and ... Show more to.pbs.org/3MZOmAJ
Quick Glance: A committee hearing on January 6 will cast Pence's pressure campaign as key to a drive to reverse the 2020 election.
- The House Judiciary Committee returns to former President Donald Trump's efforts to put pressure on then-Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday.
- "Donald Trump wanted Mike Pence to do something no other vice president has ever done: the former president wanted Pence to reject the votes and either declare Trump the winner or send the votes back to the states to be counted again," said committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. "Mike Pence said no," Thompson went on to say.
- "Mike Pence said no," said Pence.
Bennie Thompson: Jan. 6 committee won't refer Trump to DOJ: Chairman rules out criminal referrals against Trump or anyone else.
salon.com/2022/06/14/drama-jan-6-committee-chairman-says-they-wont-refer-to-doj--and-liz-cheney-is-not-happy/
The Jan. 6 Hearing Put a True-Crime Drama on Prime-Time TV: The first night of the Jan. 6 hearings was serious public service, but it told an engrossing story ...
nytimes.com/2022/06/10/arts/television/january-6-broadcast-prime-time.html
DOJ will not charge ex-Trump aides with contempt of Congress
theweek.com/mark-meadows/1014123/doj-will-not-press-contempt-of-congress-charges-against-meadows-and-scavino
Federal bill seeks to end race and income disparities in FEMA aid after disasters
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fema-disaster-aid-equity-bill-rcna27597
DHS to regulate controversial Border Patrol teams | TheHill: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing plans to increase oversight of...
thehill.com/policy/national-security/592482-dhs-to-regulate-controversial-border-patrol-evidence-teams
FBI investigating bomb threats against multiple HCBUs | TheHill: The FBI is investigating after multiple historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs)...
thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/592237-fbi-investigating-bomb-threats-against-multiple-hcbus
Capitol Rioter Asks Court to Appoint U.S. Marshals to Subpoena Trump and His Allies
newsweek.com/capitol-rioter-asks-court-appoint-us-marshals-subpoena-trump-his-allies-1667201
Capitol attack committee issues new subpoenas to two ex-Trump aides: Subpoenas for Brian Jack and Max Miller raise pressure on Trump as panel investigates extent ...
theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/10/capitol-attack-committee-trump-officials-subpoenas
Thompson, Cheney blast McCarthy's claims about Trump, Jan. 6 as 'baseless': During a KGET-TV interview, McCarthy suggested that the FBI and Senate agencies ...
businessinsider.com/thompson-cheney-blast-mccarthy-claims-trump-january-6-insurrection-baseless-2021-9
Democrats' Jan. 6 subpoena-palooza sets dangerous precedent | TheHill: Thompson is not only refusing to name the targets, he has also asked the companies to keep ...
thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/570111-democrats-jan-6-subpoena-palooza-sets-dangerous-precedent
House Democrats request documents from DHS intelligence office about Jan. 6 attack | TheHill
thehill.com/policy/national-security/539663-house-homeland-security-probes-dhs-intelligence-office-in-wake-of
Pentagon Investigator to Examine Border Wall Contract Awarded to G.O.P. Donor: The Defense Department’s inspector general will look at a $400 million contract ...
nytimes.com/2019/12/12/us/politics/trump-border-wall-investigation.html
House committee chair calls for investigation into $400 million border wall contract
washingtonpost.com/immigration/house-committee-chair-calls-for-investigation-into-400-million-border-wall-contract/2019/12/04/368e8a20-16bb-11ea-a659-7d69641c6ff7_story.html
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